5/30/09

I. DECLARATION ON ACCESSION TO THE TREATY OF AMITY AND COOPERATION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA BY THE EUROPEAN UNION AND EUROPEAN COMMUNITY

II. ASEAN DECLARATION OF CONSENT TO THE ACCESSION TO THE TREATY OF AMITY AND COOPERATION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA BY THE EUROPEAN UNION AND EUROPEAN COMMUNITY

I. DECLARATION ON ACCESSION TO THE TREATY OF AMITY AND COOPERATION IN SOUTHEAST ASIABY THE EUROPEAN UNION AND EUROPEAN COMMUNITY

WHEREAS the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia, which was signed on 24 February 1976 in Bali, Indonesia, was amended by the First and Second Protocols Amending the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia, which were signed on 15 December 1987 and 25 July 1998, respectively;

WHEREAS Article 18, Paragraph 3 of the aforesaid Treaty as amended by Article 1 of the aforesaid Second Protocol provides that States outside Southeast Asia may also accede to the Treaty with the consent of all the States in Southeast Asia, namely Brunei Darussalam, the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Republic of Indonesia, the Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, the Union of Myanmar, the Republic of the Philippines, the Republic of Singapore, the Kingdom of Thailand and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam; and

HAVING considered the aforesaid Treaty as amended by the Protocols,

The European Union and European Community hereby declares its intent to accede to the Treaty, on the basis of the letter of application of December 7, 2006, upon entry into force of the Third Protocol Amending the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia which will provide for the accession to the said Treaty by regional organizations whose members are only sovereign States.

DONE at Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia, this Twenty Eighth Day of May in the Year Two Thousand and Nine, in two original copies in the English Language.

II. ASEAN DECLARATION OF CONSENT TO THE ACCESSION TO THE TREATY OF AMITY AND COOPERATION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA BY THE EUROPEAN UNION AND EUROPEAN COMMUNITY

WHEREAS the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia, which was signed on 24 February 1976 in Bali, Indonesia, was amended by the First and Second Protocols Amending the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia, which were signed on 15 December 1987 and 25 July 1998, respectively;

WHEREAS Article 18, Paragraph 3, of the aforesaid Treaty as amended by Article 1 of the aforesaid Second Protocol provides that States outside Southeast Asia may also accede to the Treaty with the consent of all the States in Southeast Asia, namely Brunei Darussalam, the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Republic of Indonesia, the Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, the Union of Myanmar, the Republic of the Philippines, the Republic of Singapore, the Kingdom of Thailand and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam;

The Government of the Kingdom of Thailand, on behalf of the Governments of Brunei Darussalam, the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Republic of Indonesia, the Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, the Union of Myanmar, the Republic of the Philippines, the Republic of Singapore and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, hereby declares the consent of all the States in Southeast Asia to the accession to the Treaty by the European Union and European Community, subject to the entry into force of the Third Protocol Amending the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia which will provide for the accession to the said Treaty by regional organizations whose members are only sovereign States.

ONE at Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia, this Twenty Eighth Day of May in the Year Two Thousand and Nine, in two original copies in the English Language.